Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1987.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-68).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1987. / Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-68). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Adviser: Jianfa Shen. Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-192)

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For inter-city cooperation at regional scale: (a) The thesis applies the partnership theory to regional scale, especially for inter-city cooperation. In this study, three different mechanisms of inter-city cooperation are identified, namely, spontaneous partnership, hierarchical partnership and hybrid partnership. Their effectiveness in inter-city cooperation is evaluated in the thesis. (b) The thesis argues that inter-city cooperation is also a process. Three stages, information exchange, thematic cooperation, and common market, are identified. (c) The thesis categorizes inter-city cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta region. Five ideal types of partnership arrangements for thematic cooperation are identified: development partnership, promotional partnership, coordination partnership, resource-based partnership and strategic partnership. (d) The thesis reveals some principles of partner (member city) selection for inter-city cooperation. In addition, according to the roles of actors in partnership building, the thesis classifies them into three types: crucial actors, influential actors and ordinary actors. Urban growth/cross-border urban growth at urban scale: (a) The traditional urban growth coalition approach neglects how "forces" operate above the local/urban scale, especially in globalizing and competitive world today. This thesis provides some insights for this problem and extends traditional urban growth coalition approach by considering the case of cross-border urban growth in China. (b) The thesis enhances the understanding of urban growth coalition in China. It is found that local governments play different roles in various stages of the formation of urban growth coalition. (c) It is found that an anti-coalition is emerging and has been strengthened in the context of land expropriation due to rapid industrial and urban expansion in China. The causes of the emergence of anti-coalitions are examined in the thesis. / Inter-city cooperation and cross-border development in the Yangtze River Delta region are new phenomena and have received much governmental and scholarly attention in recent years. The aim of this research is to examine inter-city cooperation taking place at regional scale and cross-border urban growth at urban scale from partnership perspective. In this study, three typical cases of inter-city cooperation, Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou Urban Region Planning, the Forum for the Coordination of Urban Economy of Yangtze River Delta Region and Jiangyin Economic Development Zone in Jingjiang are selected to examine three types of partnership arrangements with different mobilizations, namely, hierarchical partnership, spontaneous partnership and hybrid partnership. The three case studies contribute to the study of inter-city cooperation based on Chinese experiences. Meanwhile, the case of Jiangyin Economic Development Zone in Jingjiang is also a case of cross-border urban growth. The findings from this case not only extend the urban growth coalition approach to the case of cross-border urban growth, but also deepen the understanding of urban growth politics in China. After tracing and examining the process of mobilization and actor interaction in each case, the major findings of this research are as follows: / The findings of this thesis enhance understanding of inter-city cooperation and cross-border urban growth in rapidly changing China. They not only help to improve the effectiveness of existing inter-city cooperation in the delta region, but also shed light on inter-city cooperation elsewhere. Lessons and experiences drawn from Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou Urban Region Planning and Jiangyin Economic Zone in Jingjiang shed light on urban region planning/coordinative planning and cross-border development respectively. / Luo Xiaolong. / "June 2005." / Adviser: Jianfa Shen. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-07, Section: A, page: 2699. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-192). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.

by Mo Pan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 150-160). / Table of Contents --- p.i / List of Tables --- p.vi / List of Figures --- p.viii / List of Plates --- p.viii / Abstract --- p.ix / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Background of the Three Gorges Dam Project --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Conceptual background of the study --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- Objectives and significance --- p.16 / Chapter 1.4 --- Organization of the thesis --- p.18 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Study Area and Experimental Design / Chapter 2.1 --- Zigui County --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2 --- Geology --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3 --- Climate --- p.22 / Chapter 2.4 --- Soil and vegetation --- p.22 / Chapter 2.5 --- Study area --- p.23 / Chapter 2.6 --- Experimental design --- p.26 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Effect of Integrated Farming Practices on Soil Physical Properties / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.30 / Chapter 3.2 --- Methodology --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Sampling methods --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Soil texture --- p.33 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Aggregate stability --- p.33 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Statistical analysis --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3 --- Results --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Effect of integrated farming practices on soil texture --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Effect of integrated farming practices on aggregate stability --- p.37 / Chapter 3.4 --- Discussion --- p.39 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Soil textural change in relation to integrated farming practices and cultivation --- p.40 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Aggregate stability of the newly rehabilitated soils --- p.43 / Chapter 3.5 --- Conclusion --- p.45 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Effect of Integrated Farming Practices on Soil Chemical Properties / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.46 / Chapter 4.2 --- Methodology --- p.48 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Sample treatment --- p.48 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Soil reaction --- p.49 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Organic carbon --- p.49 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) & available nitrogen (NH4-N and N03-N) --- p.50 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Total and available phosphorus --- p.50 / Chapter 4.2.6 --- "Exchangeable K, Ca & Mg" --- p.51 / Chapter 4.3 --- Statistical Analysis --- p.51 / Chapter 4.4 --- Results --- p.52 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Effects of integrated farming practices on soil reaction --- p.52 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Effects of integrated farming practices on soil organic matter --- p.53 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Effects of integrated farming practices on available nitrogen --- p.55 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- Effects of integrated farming practices on total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) --- p.57 / Chapter 4.4.5 --- Effects of integrated farming practices on available phosphorus --- p.58 / Chapter 4.4.6 --- Effects of integrated farming practices on total phosphorus --- p.60 / Chapter 4.4.7 --- Effect of integrated farming practices on exchangeable potassium --- p.61 / Chapter 4.4.8 --- Effects of integrated farming practices on exchangeable calcium --- p.63 / Chapter 4.4.9 --- Effects of integrated farming practices on exchangeable magnesium --- p.65 / Chapter 4.5 --- Discussion --- p.66 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- The forgotten importance of pH --- p.67 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- The myth of soil organic matter --- p.70 / Chapter 4.5.3 --- Total Kjeldahl nitrogen and available nitrogen --- p.72 / Chapter 4.5.4 --- Total and available phosphorus --- p.77 / Chapter 4.5.5 --- The myth of exchangeable K and orchard growth --- p.78 / Chapter 4.5 --- Conclusion --- p.81 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Effect of Integrated Farming Practices on Erosion / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.84 / Chapter 5.2 --- Methodology --- p.90 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Rainfall simulation --- p.90 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Measurement of runoff and sediment --- p.92 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Determination of soil volumtric moisture --- p.92 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Statistical analysis --- p.93 / Chapter 5.3 --- Results --- p.93 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- "Effect of low intensity rainfall on time delay, duration, total runoff and mean discharge" --- p.93 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- "Effect of high intensity rainfall on time delay, duration, total runoff and mean discharge" --- p.95 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- "Effect of low intensity rainfall on sediment load, total soil loss and mean sediment loss rate" --- p.97 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- "Effect of high intensity rainfall on sediment load, total soil loss and mean sediment loss rate" --- p.98 / Chapter 5.3.5 --- Effect of hedgerow and farming practices on soil moisture under low intensity rainfall --- p.101 / Chapter 5.4 --- Discussion --- p.102 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Effect of Vetivergrass hedgerow and integrated farming practices on runoff --- p.102 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Effect of Vetivergrass hedgerow and integrated farming practices on soil loss --- p.106 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Effect of Vetivergrass hedgerow and integrated farming practices on soil moisture --- p.110 / Chapter 5.5 --- Conclusion --- p.111 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Crop Productivity: A Production Efficiency Analysis between Integrated Farming Practices and Existing Farming Systems in Zigui County / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.113 / Chapter 6.2 --- Methodology --- p.115 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Wheat and soybean production --- p.115 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Socio-economic survey of agriculture in Zigui County --- p.116 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- Production efficiency analysis --- p.118 / Chapter 6.2.4 --- Statistical analysis --- p.119 / Chapter 6.3 --- Results --- p.119 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Effect of integrated farming practices on wheat production --- p.119 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Effect of integrated farming practices on soybean production --- p.120 / Chapter 6.3.3 --- Production efficiency of integrated farming systems (experimental plots) --- p.121 / Chapter 6.3.4 --- Production efficiency of existing systems (agricultural survey) --- p.122 / Chapter 6.5 --- Discussion --- p.124 / Chapter 6.5.1 --- Effect of integrated farming on wheat yield --- p.124 / Chapter 6.5.2 --- Effect of integrated treatments on soybean yield --- p.127 / Chapter 6.5.3 --- Will there be enough food production under integrated farming? --- p.129 / Chapter 6.5.4 --- Production efficiency analysis --- p.132 / Chapter 6.6 --- Conclusion --- p.136 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusion / Chapter 7.1 --- Summary of findings --- p.138 / Chapter 7.2 --- Implications of the study --- p.140 / Chapter 7.2.1 --- Demonstration farms and application of results to other parts of the TGR --- p.140 / Chapter 7.2.2 --- Commodity agriculture and regional specialization --- p.143 / Chapter 7.3 --- Limitation of the study --- p.145 / Chapter 7.4 --- Suggestion for further studies --- p.147 / Bibliography --- p.150 / Appendix A --- p.161

Gateway is a common term that has appeared mainly in geographical literature in various contexts. The focus on gateway shifts our attention away from “which cities dominate” to “how cities are affected by globalization.” This dissertation aims to (1) justify the imbalanced development between air and maritime transport within gateway cities, and the existence of a multi-port and multi-airport gateway region in coastal China; (2) initially explore an operational framework of the states in the process of gateway planning, formation, and promotion in China; and (3) conceptualize the discourses behind the intervention of the states and the competitions among them in the process of building and developing gateways. With these research objectives in mind, two hypotheses are proposed: (1) the hierarchical gateway systems and the interdependency among multiple airports and multiple ports within a region could be explained by the concept of “administrative capital,” and the development of gateway is affected by various states with different administrative capitals; and (2) the devolution reform in the port and airport sectors could be explained by path dependence, thereby revealing the reasons behind the changing role of the states in developing gateways in different periods. A combination of research methods, actualized in two complementary phases, is used in the study. The Ningbo gateway, as well as gateways (including airports and ports) in the South Yangtze River Delta, is chosen for the case study. First, the interdependency between airports and seaports in the region is analyzed by using annual and monthly data. Second, the role of the states in building and promoting gateways is analyzed by the concept of “administrative capital” and “path dependence,” based on related policies and information obtained from three interviews conducted in Ningbo, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. The cargo throughputs of multiple airports and multiple ports in a region are found to have fairly strong interdependence on both monthly and annual bases. Therefore, to some extent, the demand for air cargo and seaborne shipments is strongly interdependent at a regional level. With such background, inadequacies in the capacity and connectivity of Ningbo Airport in servicing Ningbo are revealed. Support from the local government is important in the development of gateways. Such development is affected by different administrative ranks of the states and the accumulation of various advantages gained by the states because of their position in the national or regional administrative ladder. This dissertation proposes the concept of “administrative capital” to decode the discourses behind the interdependency between airports and ports in the region, as well as their unbalanced development. Thus, how administrative capital works in a government-dominated economy and leads to the formation of the geographical space of transport gateways is identified. / published_or_final_version / Geography / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy